Mathematical Sciences

Curriculum Vitae of

Mousa Golalizadeh Lahi

Education

Sept. 2002- Dec. 2006               Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Statistics

School of Mathematical Sciences, Nottingham University

Nottingham, UK

Thesis Title                                        Statistical Modelling and Inference for Shape Diffusions

Supervisor                                           Prof. I. L. Dryden

Co-Supervisor                                   Prof. F. G. Ball

1- Travel award given by IMS for presenting paper in ISNPS3.

2- Ranked 5^thNation-Wide in Iran University Entrance Exam for Master of Statistics.

3- Ranked 3^rdat the National Exam for Obtaining Scholarship to Study Abroad. (Ministry of Sciences, Research and Technology of Iran Scholarship)

Research Interests

•        Shape Analysis

•        Statistical Inference

•        Multilevel Modelling

•        Multivariate Analysis

•        Computer Intensive Programming

Research Experience

2006-2008

Research Assistant

Division of Statistics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

2002-2005

Teaching Assistant

Division of Statistics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

1995-1997

Supervisions Experience

1998-2002

Final year B.Sc. project (five students)

Division of Statistics, University of Payame_Noor, Behshar, Iran

2008-Now

Supervision more than 20 M.Sc. students in Statistics

Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran

2008-Now

Advisor of three Ph.D. and five M.Sc. theses in Statistics

Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran

Thesis Examiner

Internal

More than twenty Ph.D. theses in Statistics (TMU and elsewhere in Iran) One Ph.D. thesis in Biophysics

External

Five M.Sc. students in Statistics

One M.Sc. student in Biostatistics

Technical Experience

Programming language                    C

Statistical Packages                            S-Plus, R, MLwiN

Mathematical Packages                   Maple

Typesetting                                             Latex, XePersian

Teaching Experience

Spring 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2017

Multivariate Statistical (II)

Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran Fall Terms (since 2011)

Multivariate Statistical (I)

Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran

Fall 2009, 2010

Statistical Inference (I)

Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran

Spring Terms (since 2009)

Statistical Inference (II)

Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran

Fall 2011, Fall 2012

Advanced Statistics in Biological Sciences

Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran

Fall 2010

Mathematical Algorithms for Biological Sciences

Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran

Spring Terms (from 2003 to 2005)

Teaching Assistant for Statistics (G1ASTA)

School of Mathematics, University of Nottingham, UK Duties: Lab Instructor and Demonstrator

Fall Terms (from 2003 to 2005)

Teaching Assistant for Probability (G1APRB)

School of Mathematics, University of Nottingham, UK Duties: Demonstrator

Spring Term 2005

Teaching Assistant for Stochastic Processes ( G1BMAC) School of Mathematics, University of Nottingham, UK Duties: Demonstrator

October 1997-June 2002

Temporary Lecturer

Division of Mathematics, University of Mazandaran, Iran

October 1997-June 2002

Part-time Lecturer

Division of Statistics, University of Payame_Noor, Behshar, Iran

Books

Browne, W. J., Golalizadeh, M., Parker, R. M. A (2009)

A Guide to Sample Size Calculations for Random Effect Models via Simulation and the MLPowSim Software Package. University of Bristol

Research Report

Ball, F.G., Dryden, I.L. and Golalizadeh. M. (2004).

Brownian Motion and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Processes in Planar Shape Space.

Technical Report 04-11, Division of Statistics,University of Nottingham, UK

Golalizadeh. M. (2011).

On Study of Shape Statistics on Manifold.

Technical Report, School of Mathematics, IPM, Iran

Golalizadeh. M. (2012).

Functional Analysing of Shape Data.

Technical Report, School of Mathematics, IPM, Iran

Golalizadeh. M. (2014).

Study on Dihedral Variation Using Non-linear Statistics.

Technical Report, School of Biosciences, IPM, Iran

Golalizadeh. M. (2016).

Clustering Second Structure of Proteins Using Dihedral Angles.

Technical Report, School of Biosciences, IPM, Iran

Conference  Poster

Brownian Motion and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Processes in Planar Shape Space . 24^thLASR Workshop (2005), Leeds, UK.

(Appeared in Conference Proceedings p.133) joint work with F.G. Ball and I.L. Dryden

On Theoretical Aspect of Shape Analysis

40^thAnnual Iranian Mathematics Conference

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Multilevel Factor Analysis of the PIRLS Test for the Iranian Pupils. 29^thInternational Workshop on Statistical Modelling (2014), Gottingen, Germany

Journal Papers

Esfandyarifar, H., Nasiri, P. and Golalizadeh, M. (2016)

Bayesian and Expected Bayesian interval estimation for difference of binomial Proportions

Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics, 11, 107-123

Moghimbeygi, M. and Golalizadeh, M. (2016)

Longitudinal shape analysis by using the spherical coordinates,To appear in Journal of Applied Statistics

Nabil, M. and Golalizadeh, M. (2016) On Clustering Shape Data,

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 36, 3995-4008

Nodehi, A., Golalizadeh, M. and Heydari, A. (2015),

Dihedral Angles Principal Geodesic Analysis Using Nonlinear Statistics,

Journal of Applied Statistics,42, 1962-1972

Najibi, S. M, Faghihi, M., Golalizadeh, M. and Arab, S. S. (2015), Bayesian Alignment of Proteins via Delaunay Tetrahedralization,

Journal of Applied Statistics,42, 1064-1079.

Mahmoud nejad, H. and Golalizadeh, M. (2015),

A recursive algorithm on estimating the parameters in multilevel models subject to the measurement errors on the covariates.

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 2, 252-261.

Fotouhi, H.R., and Golalizadeh, M. (2014),

Highly Resistance Gradient Descent Algorithm for Computing Intrinsic Mean on Similarity Shape Space,

Statistical Papers, 1-20.

Fotouhi, H.R., and Golalizadeh, M. (2012).

Exploring the Variability of DNA Moleculars via Principal Geodesic Analysis on the Shape Space.

Journal of Applied Statistics,39(10), 2199-2207

Abolfazli, R., Hosseini, M., Ghanizadeh, A., Ghaleiha, A., Tabrizi, M., Raznahan, M., Golalizadeh, M. and Akhondzadeh, S. (2011)

Double Blind Randomized Parallel Group Clinical Trial of Efficacy of the Combination Fluoxetine plus Modafinil versus fluoxetine plus Placebo in the Treatment of Major Depression.

Depression and Anxiety,28, 297-302

Golalizadeh, M. (2010).

A Useful Family of Stochastic Processes for Modeling Shape Diffusions.

Journal of Statistical Research of Iran, Vol. 7, pp.1-16

Browne, W.J., Golalizadeh, M., Green, M.J. and Steel, F. (2009)

The use of simple reparameterizations to improve the efficiency of Markov chain Monte Carlo estimation for multilevel models with applications to discrete time survival models.

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, Vol. 172, Part 3. pp. 579-598

Ball, F.G., Dryden, I.L., and Golalizadeh, M. (2008).

Brownian Motion and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Processes in Planar Shape Space. Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability, Vol. 10, pp. 1-22

Ball, F.G., Dryden, I.L., and Golalizadeh, M. (2006).

Discussion to the paper by Beskos et al. (2006)

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B, Vol. 68, Part 3. pp. 367-368

Training Course Attended

Workshop Holden

Introductory Multilevel Data Analysis

SRTC Training Workshop, October 2009, Tehran, Iran

Essential of Multilevel Data Analysis for Medicine

Tehran University of Medical Sciences, February 2010, Tehran, Iran

Shape analysis and Classification models

Ilam University of Medical Sciences, May 2011, Ilam, Iran

Multilevel Data Analysis and Its Application

SRTC Training Workshop, February 2013, Tehran, Iran

Introduction to Shape analysis

SRTC Training Workshop, February 2013, Tehran, Iran

Introduction to Multilevel Data

SRTC Training Workshop, September 2014, Tehran, Iran

Programming with R

SRTC Training Workshop, February 2015, Tehran, Iran

Familiarity, Analysis and Programming with R

Iranian Survival Organization, September 2016, Tehran, Iran

Familiarity, Analysis and Programming with R

SRTC Training Workshop, May 2016, Tehran, Iran

Workshop Attended

Stochastic Geometry, Biological Structure and Images

22^ndLASR Workshop, July 2003, Leeds, UK

Workshop on Uncertainty, Complexity and Predictive Reliability of

Environmental/ Biological Models

April 14-16, 2004. University of Nottingham, UK

Quantitative Biology, Shape Analysis, and Wavelets

24^thLASR Workshop, July 2005, Leeds, UK

Conference Presentations

April 2004                  Stochastic Processes on the Sphere and Triangle Shape Space,

The 27^thAnnual Conference of Research Students in Probability

and Statistics, Sheffield, UK.    (Appeared in Proceedings p.49)

July 2004                     Some Results of the Brownian Motion in the Shape Space,

The 12^ndIranian Research Conference in Europe, Manchester, UK

April 2005                  Shape Diffusions

The 28^thAnnual Conference of Research Students in Probability

and Statistics, Cambridge, UK. (Appeared in Proceedings p.32)

June 2005                     Shape densities, shape diffusion and some old friends

RSS General Applications and Statistical Computing Sections, London.

joint work with Frank Ball and Ian Dryden*

July 2005                      Diffusion of Planar Shapes

The 13^thIranian Research Conference in Europe, Leeds, UK

July 2006                      Sample size calculations in multilevel modelling

The ESRC Research Methods Festival, Oxford, UK.

joint work with William Browne* and L. Leese

July 2006                      Ornstein-Uhlenbeck shape processes, simulation and inference

IMS Annual Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

joint work with Frank Ball and Ian Dryden*

August  2006                 MCMC algorithms for shape diffusions

The 8^thIranian Statistical Conference (ISC), Shiraz, Iran

April     2007                 Sample size calculations in multilevel modeling

The Sixth International Amsterdam Conference on Multilevel Analysis

joint work with W.J. Browne

April  2007                   Using SMCMC for normal response multilevel models

The Sixth International Amsterdam Conference on Multilevel Analysis

joint work with William Browne*

December 2007                   Use of centered parameterisation and MCMC estimation to fit discrete

Time survival models

RSS Recent Advances in Multilevel Modelling and Methodology and

Applications, London

Joint work with William Browne*, Fiona Steele and Martin Green

July 2008                                 Sample size calculations for multilevel models

The ESRC Research Methods Festival, Oxford, UK.

joint work with William Browne*

September 2008                   Simple method to improve MCMC efficiency in random effects models

RSS Conference, Nottingham,UK.

joint work with William Browne*

October    2008

Shape analysis; introduction and other considerations Department of Statistics, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran

December 2008

Familiarity with shape analysis

Department of Statistics, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran

May 2009

On simulation of shape diffusions

The 2^ndInternational Conference of Iranian Operations Research Society, University of Mazandaran, Iran

August 2009

A useful family of stochastic processes in shape analysis 7^thSeminar on Probability and Stochastic Processes Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

October 2009

On Matching in Structural Bioinformatics via Statistical Shape Analysis The 3rd Workshop on Mathematical Chemistry, Tehran, Iran